MINNESOTA: Pro-Gay Church Vandalized For Second Time This Month

Members of the Pilgrim United Church of Christ in Maple Grove arrived for Sunday services to find their church had been vandalized with graffiti that read, “Gay Pride? NO! Shameful Sodomites!” The church was also egged and handcuffs were locked on the front door. “We are investigating this crime as a bias motivated crime. A hate crime is not necessarily a word we use in law enforcement, but we are investigating this as a bias motivated crime,” Maple Grove Police Captain Keith Terlinden told CBS Minnesota. The church was previously vandalized in early June, when someone wrote “church of Sodom and Gomorrah” on the building.